On Mon, 5 Jun 2023 18:02:34 GMT, Joe Darcy <[email protected]> wrote:
>> src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/System.java line 758:
>>
>>> 756: * <td>Greatest Java class file format version recognized by
>>> the runtime as {@code "MAJOR.MINOR"}
>>> 757: * where {@link
>>> java.lang.reflect.ClassFileFormatVersion#major() MAJOR} and {@code MINOR}
>>> 758: * are both formatted as decimal integers</td></tr>
>>
>> I'm not sure about using the adjective "Greatest" here, only because
>> "Greatest ... recognized" reads a bit like recognition of greatness when it
>> really wants to convey that it's the highest version recognized.
>>
>> Does the wording need to take account of running with preview features
>> enabled?
>>
>> The table uses "Java runtime" rather than "runtime" in the description of
>> some of the other properties.
>>
>> In passing, should the descriptions of RELEASE_xxx in ClassFileFormatVersion
>> say "The highest version recognized" rather than the "The version
>> recognized"?
>
> Update PR and CSR to use the wording:
>
> "Latest Java class file format version recognized by the Java runtime as
> "MAJOR.MINOR" where MAJOR and MINOR are both formatted as decimal integers"
>
> While it wouldn't be unreasonable to assume that when running under
> --enable-preview that the minor version was 65535, it is printed out as 0
> with or without preview being enabled.
>
> I didn't want to broach preview-ness as part of this update to either promise
> or document the current behavior.
Related to Alan's comment on RELEASE_xxx in ClassFileFormatVersion, perhaps the
class description can clarify that a class file version has major version
number `M` and minor version number `m` and a Java Virtual Machine
implementation can support a class file format of version v if and only if v
lies in some contiguous range Mi.0 ≤ v ≤ Mj.m. RELEASE_xxx represents the
major version number.
That way, the description of RELEASE_xxx can remain to say "The version
recognized...".
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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/14305#discussion_r1218619362
